Anne Corning VP & Managing Director, CorningWorks Strategic Partner Responsible for Market Planning & RFP Management Anne Corning, VP & Managing Director, CorningWorks, has 20 years of experience managing marketing and business development in the high tech, healthcare, manufacturing, fashion, and consulting industries. Her ability to incorporate research intelligence into the creation of focused, effective strategies helps her customers hone their edge and focus resources where they can have the greatest impact. During her career, Ms. Corning has run dynamic B2B marketing and sales administration departments where she was responsible for strategy and execution of marketing communications, public relations, market research, proposal management, and contracting. Her history includes work with companies from start-ups to Fortune 50 firms. As an experienced chief marketing officer and entrepreneur, she is adept at helping firms develop and refine their business plans—whether starting a company from scratch, or launching into a new market or product line. Ms. Corning applies her background to quickly grasp clients' business issues, formulate effective strategies and implement tactics that help them grow and thrive. She has proven performance in many strategically important client campaings. For instance, she has managed sales proposal production that attained a win rate of 74-86 percent. She has planned and implemented product launch campaigns including one for an Internet service that now reaches more than 3 million users. And she has written award-winning business plans that received investment funding. Ms. Corning is active in the Northwest entrepreneur and investment community, serving as a judge at business plan competitions. She earned a bachelor of arts from the University of Chicago, an MBA from the University of Washington with a specialty in marketing, and is certified as a Six Sigma Yellow Belt. anne@corningworks.com